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Rheumatology waiting times at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

At the end of August 2026, 981 people were on the Rheumatology at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust waiting list and more than 9 in 10 people (96%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust · NHS trust · Rheumatology across England

People waiting
981
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
96.3%
England: 70.4%
Over 52 weeks
0
Median wait
7 wks
Published median for this list

No one on this list had been waiting more than 52 weeks in August 2026.

This hospital's published position is 25.9 percentage points better than the England figure for this service.

Why this page exists

This page combines facts that neither the organisation page nor the England specialty page shows on its own: the current published figure for this one service at this one organisation; how that figure has moved over the months we hold; the England figure for the same service in the same month; other NHS trusts within 25 miles reporting the same service; the published median wait and 52-week count for this list; the other services this organisation reports. This service accounts for 1.2% of everyone waiting at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust.

How published 18-week performance has changed

Rheumatology, NHS England Referral to Treatment figures, April 2024 to August 2026.

18-week performance improved

Published 18-week performance for Rheumatology at this organisation has improved over the past 12 months: 96.3% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 88.4% at the end of August 2025.

Share of people on the waiting list who had been waiting under 18 weeks, at the end of each month. Scale runs from 0% to 100%.
Latest · August 2026
96.3%
3 months earlier · May 2026
96.4% then · change to latest -0.1 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
89.5% then · change to latest +6.9 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
88.4% then · change to latest +8 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
77.4% then · change to latest +19 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202696.3%981
July 202696.2%970
June 202697.8%953
May 202696.4%862
April 202694.5%748
March 202692.8%613
February 202689.5%570
January 202686.8%582
December 202585.5%567
November 202585.3%565
October 202584.9%571
September 202586.1%611
August 202588.4%722
July 202589.2%753
June 202588.6%720
May 202588.6%788
April 202585.4%733
March 202584.3%815
February 202583.3%741
January 202583%657
December 202479.7%590
November 202484.9%651
October 202484.2%684
September 202483.8%766
August 202482%829
July 202479.6%756
June 202482.7%827
May 202480.9%768
April 202477.4%835
How we calculate change
  • Each month's figure is the number of people waiting under 18 weeks divided by everyone on the waiting list, from NHS England's published monthly files.
  • Changes compare the latest month with exactly 3, 6 and 12 months earlier, only where both months are published and the list has at least 50 people.
  • The 12-month label is "improved" or "deteriorated" only if the share moved by 3 percentage points or more; smaller moves are called "broadly stable".
  • Where NHS England reissued a month's file, we use the revised file. Months we do not have are left as gaps and never estimated.
  • Earlier months come from our archive of NHS England's published files and are checked against our current figures wherever both exist.

What these figures cannot tell you

  • These are whole-list figures for one specialty at one organisation. They describe the published waiting list, not how long any one person will wait.
  • This specialty covers many conditions and treatments. These figures are not specific to any one operation or condition.
  • Figures are published for the whole organisation, which may run several hospital sites. They do not show the position at any single site.
  • Patients are prioritised by clinical need, so people on the same list can wait very different times.
  • A higher share within 18 weeks is not a measure of the quality of care.

Other NHS trusts offering rheumatology within 25 miles

Published figures only. These are whole-list figures for each organisation in one month; a different organisation's published position does not mean an individual referral would move faster there.

Alternative trusts for Rheumatology
TrustDistanceWaitingUnder 18 weeksDifference
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust4 mi58185%-11.6 pp
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust6.2 mi93775%-21.5 pp
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust6.9 mi3,45057%-39.4 pp
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust6.9 mi42377%-19.3 pp
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust7.5 mi61386%-10.4 pp

What these figures cannot tell you

  • Where you are in a queue, or when you will be seen or treated.
  • How urgent your own referral is. These are aggregate waiting-list figures and do not show the clinical priority of an individual patient.
  • Anything about a specific consultant, clinic or site within a trust.
  • What will happen next month: these are end-of-month snapshots of a past period.

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